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Vol. XX.—B Pages.
BROWN’S MESSAGE
TO GEORGIA SOLONS
Retiring Governor Reviews Affairs
of State.
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO ASSEMBLE
Governor Dwells * Upon
Compulsory Arkitrsakm, Labor Con
dition and the Strike Troubles of A
Few Months Ago in State.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25>, 1913.
To the General Assembly:
Upon your assumption of the re
sponsibilities of legislation for the
welfare of the people of this great
commonwealth, I extend to you a cor
dial greeting, with the heartfelt hope
that our Almighty Guide will lead
your minds into the channels of wis
dom and deliberation. I cannot doubt
that the people have shown careful
discernment in the choice of members
of both of your houses, hence it is
with confidence that I lay before you
the views which I deem worthy your
consideration, recommending their en
actment into laws which I believe will
enhance the well being of the state
These views affecting the proper
ruse of the ballot —the freeman’s in
herited right—the safety of, person
from disease and casualty, the eco
nomical, but judicious, expenditure of
the people’s money and the equitable
levying of taxes for collecting the
same, and other matters are such as
experience and observation in the ex
ecutive office have convinced me are
/necessary for the protection of the
people and their progress on orderly
lines.
Registration Laws.
First for consideration, I call your
to the serious defects and
unnecessary barriers in the registra
lion law now upon the statute book.
The requirement that the registration
lists shall be closed six months in ad
vance of regular elections is more
drastic than that in any other state in
the union, and imposes unnecessary
hardships upon the country people of
this state. The same barrier to fran
chise rights for the choice of state and
.county officers prevails in only a less
against the voters in the cities.
Yet, in vne.r munic.pal elect ons, tne
latter are allowed as short a time as
they desire* for registration. With
some of them this limit is less than
.thirty days. Hence, I earnestly rec
ommend that your honorable bodies
make such changes in the registration
Jaws as will protect all voters alike in
their proper rights for exercising the
franchise.
Building of Public Highways.
The building of good roads is un
doubtedly one of the main factors in
the marked progress the state has
made in material development during
the past four years. Yet, as this
.progress is mostly due to the use of
the state’s convicts, the state has the
right to require such handling of the
rcorwicts as will generally benefit all
the' people while increasing the facili
t:ee <of the several counties.
1 recommend that the office of com
missioner of public highways be <*s
labliahed, and that it be filled with an
•experienced civil enginer, at a salary
.and travelling expense, etc., to be fixed
Jby Jaw.
Doyubje-Tracking Railroads.
The increasing population and ex
panding commerce of the state of
Georgia have now reached the pjint
where the people’s needs.will soon de
mand that the main lines of the lead
ing railroads .of the state be double
tracked. Thi* is required for the
■greater safety <wf the millions of pas
sengers and the enormous amounts of
freight transported. The single tracks
.of some roads are now becoming al
most inadequate to modern require
ments. With the double tracks not
only would life and property be bet
ter protected, but speed, comfort and
practically all advantages would be
materially enhanced.
Stale Auditor.
I respectfully call your attention to
the great need of an up-to-date sys
tem of auditing accounts, and reeom
mend that you establish the office of
state auditor with such clerical force
as is found needful. I am confident
that an auditing department, with the
authority to supervise all expendi
tures, would save many times its cost
path year.
Farm Credit System.
The farm credit system which has
wj t wittier
wrought such extraordinary results
for good to the dwellers upon the
farms in Germany and some other Eu
ropean countries has attracted wide
attention within the past twelve
months in this country.
That our people may have direct
information upon this subject, I rec
ommend that your honorable bodies
appoint a joint committee to whom
shall be added about three or five oth
er citizens of Georgia to be named by
the governor, for the purpose of se
curing and placing before our people
the most available plan of securing
for our fanners at the lowest rates
of interest such money as they may
need for the conduct of their affairs
Inheritance Tax.
1 desire to here repeat the sug
gestion I made to your predecessors
in 1909, viz.:
Over three-fourths of the states now
have laws p-oviding for an inheritance
tax. A proposition to impose a na
tional inher tance tax has lately been
presented to congress, and practically
the only argument brought against
the measure was te the effect that in
heritances were properly subjects foi
state taxation, and that a majority of
the states now imposed such a tax.
TJie policy of modern government is
opposed to the accumulation of vast
estates, so hedged about by legal tech
nicalities and safeguards as to escape
their equitable burden of taxation. Ir
the enlightened view of the leading
publicists and economists of our times
no sound exists why inheri
tances should not be subject to taxa
tion.
Near Beer Tax.
The law providing for the collection
of a license tax for the sale of near
beer is so drawn that the payment of
this tax has been delayed or evaded
by very many dealers.
To prevent excuses for delay in pay
ing this tax in future, I recommend
that you place the duty of its collec
tion upon some of the county officers
with proper compensation therefor
and also provide adequate penalties
for failure to make prompt payment.
Bank Examiners.
The great increase in the number
of state banks has rendered it physi
cally impossible for examiners to
adequately perform the work required
by law.
Under the present system two exam
iners are required to audit correctly
the accounts of almost seven hundred
banks semi-annually within this state.
Hence, through no physical fault of
the bank examiners those of the pub
lic who make their deposits in state
banks have no assurance that all the
banks are in a sound condit'on. It is,
therefore, imperatively necessary that
the number of bank examiners be suf
ficiently increased to meet the de
mands for the proper protection of
those who place their money in state
banks.
Vital Statistics.
Nothing is of more importance to a
.state than the preservation of good
health for its inhabitants. The vital
statistics of Georgia are so incom
jxlete as to really furnish us with no
reliable information. I, therefore, rec
ommend the enactment of laws requir
ing physicians to report all births and
deaths coming under their purview.
The birth statistics, of course, should
show fex and race. The death statis
tics should show the disease, or com
plaint, *f which each person died.
If these statistics were kept fully
and definitely, we could within a few
years ascertain what diseases were
most prevaJent in the various counties
of the state, and in that way could be
gu'ded in taking steps toward alle
viating the trouble to some extent.
Historical Records.
Work on the Colonial Records and
<on that -povtioiu of the records which
include the rosters of Georgia troops
during the year 1861-65 is being well
done; hut I respectfully suggest that
Georgia ha 6 much history not covered
Jay the two period* indicated.
The state should see that her his
tory from the foundation of the colony
of Georgia by Oglethorpe to the pres
ent time is officially written. Her
people are entitled to know what has
■been done by Georgians throughout
the whole period of the state's his
tory. Georgia is amply able to per
petuate her records in definite form.
Hence, I recommend that the office of
compiler of colonial records be per
petuated for such length of time as
will ensure the proper writing of the
•state’s history from the date reached
by the present compilation until the
date when such work shall have reach
ed the then contemporary period. The
expense of future work can be
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Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, June 26th, 1913.
STRUCK BY SANDBAG.
Smoker of Cigarettes Finds
Habit Is Cured.
Atlanta. Ga., June 26. A blow
on the forehead, delivered last
night by a sandbag in the hand Oj
a highwayman, has deprived W.
W. Christian of the cigarette hab
it, greatly puzzling the Grady hos
pital surgeons as a result.
: An*' inveterate smoker before
the assault, he left the hospital
shortly before midnight without
the slightest taste for tobacco,
and in the hope that the change
would he permanent, he left a
package of cigarettes with the
hospital night clerk.
Christian is a cabinet maker
and lives at 16 Larkin street.
Shortly after dark as he crossed
Tattnall Street at Stonewall, tw<
men approched him. Both were
white. The youngest asked for a
cigarette. As Christian reached ii
his pocket for the package the
second robber struck him in the
temple with a sandbag, t
The robbers got sl4 and a
pocket knife. Christian said to
the police that if he had really
been cured of the cigarette habit
lie considered the money well
spent.
CITY COURT NOTICE.
The regular session of the City
Court of Jefferson will convene
on Monday morning, July, 7th,
1913, at nine o’clock and immedi
ately the call of the Civil Calen
der will be had. This calender
has been fixed and is published
for the convenience of all con
cerned and the call of the cases
will be in accordance with the
fixed calendar.
All jail eases on the criminal
calendar will be called early in
the term. Demand cases will be
called on the criminal calendar.
The appearenee docket will be
called on Tuesday morning.
All criminal eases in which
there are no demands and where
the defendants are not in jail
will he called at the time fix
ed by the court for the criminal
calendar during the latter part
ofi July or which the public will
take notice through the press.
This arrangement of the
Court's business is made so as
to relieve the farmers and their
hands from the necessity of at
tending the court during the bu.sj
season. The civil calendar does
not require many farmers or
field hands and the amount of
civil business ripe for trial makes
the holding of the court for this
reason.
Let all jurors, parties and wit
nesses take notice of this order
of business and govern them
selves accordingly.
G. A. Johns,
Jiidge City Couurt of Jefferson
All Heavyweights.
In the combined weight of Win
L. Collier, Benj. 11. Collier and
Berry T. Collier, 3 members who
Weigh 72b pounds, Georgia lays
claim to having the heftiest fam
ily for its number in existence.
Perry T. weighs 263, and Ben
250. Win. who is the runt of tin*
family and whose growth was
stunted in Ids youth, being only
6 feet tall, tips the beam at 213
pounds. This week they are vis
iting their sister. Mrs. Lou Pen
dergrass in Jackson County.
Miss Hellen Martin, who has
been the guest of Miss Blanche
Smith has returned to her home
in Atlanta.
DEATH OF H. A. HARDIGREE
Prominent Jackson County Far
mer Dies Saturday Evening.
After an illness lasting sever
al weeks, Mr. 11. A. Hardigree
died at his home in (’handler’s
district Saturday evening about
8 o’clock. Mr. Hardigree had
been in declining health for more
than two years, hut it was only
about six 'weeks ago when seri
ous symptom developed and his
friends became alarmed about
his condition.
He was about 55 years of age.
He married Miss Virginia Segars,
a sister of Messrs. John A. ami
H. Segars and of Mrs. J. M.
Haynie and Mrs. G. W. Ham
mond.
He was a substantial farmer,
and believed in raising the things
on the farm to sustain the farm.
He prided in raising fine corn,
and was always at the forefront
in agricultural contests in this
section.
His remains were buried at
Old Pentecost church Sunday af
ternoon, a large crowd attending
the funeral and witnessing the
interment. Rev. J. W. Bailey
preached the funeral and conduct
ed the burial service.
Besides his wife, he leaves nine
children and many relatives to
grieve for his going away.
GOOD GAME OF BALL
Monroe Defeats Winder Athletics
in a Hotly Contested Game.
The Athletic Park drew a pret
ty good crowd to see the First
game on the local diamond this
year in which the Athletics were
participants.
It was ;l spirited game and the
result was in doubt until the fi
nal inning had been played.
Monroe was the opposing team
and came off the diamond victors
the score being three to on<*.
Tile feature of the game was
the pitching of Wood for the lo
cals.
Motion For New Trial.
Atlanta, Ga,, June 26. ’l’ll'
state’s motion for anew trial in
the Tallulah Falls land suit comes
up next wfeek in Gainesville be
fore Judge Jones. This motion
which was desired by the Geor
gia Railway and Power Company,
as well as by the state, simply
means that the case will go up
to the supreme court and that
the original verdict will settle for
all time the question of the
Power company’s title to the
land. Upon denial of anew trial
by Judge Jones, the question will
immediately pass to the supreme
court. The outcome is consider
ed certain, and work is being
pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible. The tunnel will he entirely
finished within the next few
w*eeks. and the oower house
will be completed sometime next
August. The dam which is al
ready completed, will be closed as
soon as the power company is
ready to receive the water, and
at least one unit creating 17,000
horse power will lx* set in imme
diate operation. Tin* entire five
units aggregating 85,000 horse
power, will be utilized as soon as
tin* demand requires. About 500
men are a t work at Tallulah.
Burwell and Andersen Win
W. N. Burwell of Hancock was
elected speaker of the house of
representatives yesterday. Ran
dolph Anderson was chosen pres
ident of the senate.
—the—
SHINGLEMAN.
8 Pages.—No. 11
MRS. MARY HARRIS ARMOUR
Pleases Winder Audience at
Christian Church Wednes
day Evening:. * ,
Mrs. Mary Harris Armour
spoke to about 300 people at the
Christian church Wednesday ev
ening, her temperance lecture,
“A Saloonless Nation in 1920
ai*i Why,” evoking the warm
est praise from her many admir
ers. i
Mrs. Armour predicted the eli
mination of the whisky traffic
first. Because it is opposed to
century science and progress.
Second, because she says a
growing public sentiment is de
manding temperance legislation.
Third, because a common sense
understanding of the harm
wrought *-y intoxicants is forcing
men and women to approve the
temperance movement..
Mrs. Armour said that Georgia
does not need new whisky laws
so much as she needs a proper
interpretation and administration
of the Jaws.
TWO DEATHS IN STATHAMi
Mr3. Boland and Mrs. Cogburn
Depaxt for Life Eternal
(By E. and G.)
Friday, June 13th, when the
death angel called the sweet spir
it of Mrs. Boland to her home
eternal there was sadness among
her host of friends and her
loved ones reeeived # shock, and
sustained a loss, which was keen
ly felt by all.
Her life was cue of those quiet
patient, faithful lives that is
felt by all who come under its in
fluence. She was devoted to
flu* church and lug* greatest joy
was derived from serving the
•church in the various depart
ments which reeeived tin* touch
of her gentle hand.
While the sorrowing husband
and loved ones miss her and feel
keenly her abs-nce, yet they have
/the consolation that she is at
rest with her two angel babies—
on* having preceded her to heav
en a few years ami tin* other
only a few hours.
We command her husband and
loved ones to llim who is able
to comfort and sustain in an hour
of sadness, and one day He '..i1l
gather tin* loved ones to himself
and then will broken ties be unit
ed forever.
While our sorrow was yet new
tin* atngel of death came to us
again and took away Mrs. Cog
burn. Only God can know the
depth of the flood of grief that
swe pt over the soul of her hus
band, parents and loved tines
when her beautiful life came
to an end in its noon hour, hut
“the young can die and the old
must.”
Mrs. Oogburn was loved by all
who knew ber-and many are the
friends who will miss that beau
tiful cheerful face,
Praise God for the hope that
some tiny we shall see her, some
day little five-year-old Willie and
little seven-months old baby girl
wtiorn she left will lx* clasped in
“mamma’s” arms again.
Her remains were carried to
her childhood home in Cherokee
county and tenderly laid to rest
by her loved ones.
In Fine Trim
News from St. Simon’s where
tin* Winder soldier laddies are
in camp is to tin* effect that they
are enjoying themselves and
are in the b/st of health. Cos.
11. is one of the best in the state
and Winder is proud of them as
a company and is pruod of them
as individual citizens. They are
fine young men and can always
be depended upon to deport them
selves in a gentlemanly manner.